republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5259.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.	AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5259	Connecticut HB 5259 (2026)	bill	Boards of education Education Homeless youth	enacted	Antonio Felipe Eleni Kavros Degraw Farley Santos Frank Smith Geraldo C. Reyes Heather S. Somers Herron Gaston James Sanchez John A. Kissel Josh Elliott Kathy Kennedy Larry B. Butler Laurie Sweet Md Rahman Michael "mj" Shannon Nick Gauthier Patricia A. Dillon	4	18	2	2026-02-19	2026-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/819adf44-5e50-4ebd-aae7-ea55a6c6b922	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	0d504b2436997fe653ad121c99ed013eee985d4a6a2085115fda9abc151a0474	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5259 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. File No. 25 (committee substitute) — source
2. HSG Joint Favorable (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act No. 26-125 (committee substitute) — source
4. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 136–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Felipe — primary (person)
• Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
• Farley Santos — primary (person)
• Frank Smith — primary (person)
• Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
• Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
• Herron Gaston — primary (person)
• James Sanchez — primary (person)
• John A. Kissel — primary (person)
• Josh Elliott — primary (person)
• Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry B. Butler — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Md Rahman — primary (person)
• Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
• Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
• Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-02-19 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Housing referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 PUBLIC HEARING 0224
• 2026-03-05 Joint Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-06 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-03-09 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/16/26 referral
• 2026-03-16 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-03-16 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-03-16 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 49
• 2026-03-16 FILE NO. 25
• 2026-04-09 HOUSE PASSED passage
• 2026-04-30 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-30 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 376
• 2026-05-06 SENATE PASSED passage
• 2026-05-06 IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-20 PUBLIC ACT 26-125
• 2026-05-27 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-27 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-06-04 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/819adf44-5e50-4ebd-aae7-ea55a6c6b922. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).